Chapter 19
"well."
"well……"
"..." From the first class to the end of the last class in the afternoon, the sighs and groans that reached Yan Yiyi's ears never stopped. Yan Yiyi couldn't stand someone anymore, "Ren Qiao'an, that's enough."
“…Alas.” Ren Qiao’an, who had chatted with Guiqulaixi, was in a depressed state the whole afternoon.
"Tsk." Wu Nianzhi, a bystander, couldn't stand it any longer. "If they want to have fun, then let them have fun. Why do netizens take this kind of thing so seriously?"
"Alas." Ren Qiao'an could only sigh. How about she just delete the friend? But that would make her look guilty. She had already made it clear that the other party wasn't serious about the game, and Ren Qiao'an had readily accepted and agreed. With the current situation, it was she who had overstepped the boundaries. "I'm just reaping the consequences of my own actions."
"What a promising future." Yan Yiyi had to make a sarcastic remark. She was not optimistic about online romance and wanted to end it as soon as possible.
Wu Nianzhi shares the same stance as Yan Yiyi on this point: "The Internet is ruthless, but the human world is kind, girl!"
"By the way, Yiyi, don't you have a mountaineering club social tonight?" Qian Baoer was neutral, but she hoped that a magical fate would befall her roommate. "Why don't you take An'an with you? Maybe An'an's romantic partner will fall from the sky."
"Hmm... makes sense." The best way to forget about netizens is to find someone better in real life. Yan Yiyi hooked her arm around Ren Qiao'an's neck and said, "Little Qiao'an, come play with me."
"No, I won't go." Isn't a social gathering just a bunch of weird people having a weird and awkward time? Ren Qiaoan would rather die than go.
"Hmm?" I hadn't planned to go in the first place, but now I'm going just for you, and you're still not willing? "Really?" Yan Yiyi smiled and hooked Ren Qiao'an's head against her chest.
Ren Qiao'an, whose neck was strangled by fate, said, "Let go, let go. Go, I'll go."
"That's right." Yan Yiyi stroked Ren Qiao'an's furry head.
Ren Qiao'an, whose neck was released by fate, said, "Sister, can you not use force next time?" Sometimes Ren Qiao'an really doubted that Yan Yiyi, the girl with super strength, could strangle her to death.
The reluctant Ren Qiao'an and Yan Yiyi, who had to dress up since she had to go, arrived at the dinner place and saw a familiar figure before they even entered the door.
"Yi Yi, Qiao An, you are here, box number one." Tang Mu, who had been waiting at the front desk, was the main planner of this event.
"Okay, thank you for your hard work, Deputy Minister." Yan Yiyi carried Ren Qiaoyuan to Box No. 1 with ease. This "Chuanliubusi" restaurant is located near the school. It is one of the top restaurants for nearby college students to dine together. It is delicious, generous in quantity and affordable in price.
Yan Yiyi has attended dinner parties here no less than seven or eight times from her freshman to sophomore year, and Ren Qiaoan has been here several times, so they are both familiar with this restaurant.
As soon as the door of the box was opened, more than a dozen pairs of eyes looked over. Ren Qiao'an looked around and saw that there were men and women. There were two tables in total, and everyone was sitting in groups of three or five. It was not full yet.
"Senior! Senior, please sit over here." Xu Haoran was very surprised by Ren Qiao'an's appearance. At this moment, a girl interrupted Xu Haoran and said, "Don't listen to him. Yiyi, bring your friend to sit over here."
Ren Qiao'an then realized that the two tables were separated by gender, but the girls' side was noticeably smaller, with only two people sitting alone, while the boys' table was packed with seven or eight people. Following Yan Yiyi into the sparsely populated area, Ren Qiao'an had barely touched his stool when he heard Yan Yiyi ask the girl next to him, "Which club are we joining this time?"
"The badminton team, don't you know?"
"I made a last-minute decision to come here, haha, I didn't pay attention." Yan Yiyi made a last-minute effort to find out if the dating partner was okay.
"It's a good thing you came and brought your friends. Otherwise, it would be so awkward with only three girls in our club."
Ren Qiao'an said that it was quite awkward, so she just ate in silence and then took Yan Yiyi back home.
The girl lowered her voice and whispered to Yan Yiyi, "I heard that the players on the badminton team are all good-looking, and their vice-captain is also said to be very beautiful!"
"Who is their vice-captain?" Yan Yiyi knew very little about the college's badminton team.
“It seems…”
Before the girl could finish her words, the door to the private room opened, followed by a commotion and a crowd of people swarming in. Among them, a beautiful woman in a white dress and denim jacket, surrounded by four or five boys, was particularly eye-catching. With her beautiful face and faint smile, she seemed to have the aura of a protagonist, and she attracted everyone's attention the moment she entered.
Ren Qiao'an was no exception. She was the most dazzling one in the crowd at a glance.
Maybe it was because she was sitting facing the door, but Ren Qiao'an had the illusion that Jin Xi's eyes met hers the moment she entered. Ren Qiao'an put on an awkward yet polite smile. Regardless of whether he was looking at her or not, smiling was the right thing to do.
"Okay, everyone, don't block the door, please take a seat first." A tall, handsome man began to organize people to sit down. The group of people who came also obeyed his instructions. After a while, the place was in order. Everyone who should sit down sat down, and the arrangement was clear.
"Damn, why is it Jinxi?" Yan Yiyi whispered beside Ren Qiao'an. Even though Jinxi left her with a good impression during the trip to Foshan, she still didn't like Jinxi.
Ren Qiao'an didn't feel much. Jin Xi wasn't at the same table with them, so it had nothing to do with her anyway. Furthermore, Jin Xi's presence clearly brought the whole dinner party to a new level. Their table was a regular round one, seating ten people, while Jin Xi's was a large table, seating fifteen or sixteen people. Naturally, Ren Qiao'an's side was busier than others, while the other side was filled with laughter and chatter. Ren Qiao'an also noticed that the boys and girls from the Mountaineering Club and the Badminton Team were seated separately. For example, their side had five girls from the Mountaineering Club and five boys from the Badminton Team, while their side had four girls and four boys from the Badminton Team and seven boys from the Mountaineering Club. In total, there were five girls and seven boys from the Mountaineering Club, and four girls and nine boys from the Badminton Team. It was supposed to be a social gathering, but there were still too many people for too little, which was consistent with the usual gender ratio at their college.
Luckily, Tang Mu was at Ren Qiao'an's table, hosting the gathering and keeping the atmosphere lively. Yan Yiyi was also a warm and enthusiastic person, and soon she was chatting and laughing with the boys from the badminton team. While it wasn't as lively as the occasional outbursts of laughter at the other tables, it was still a good atmosphere. At least Ren Qiao'an thought it was just right; there weren't any particularly strange people stirring up trouble, and there weren't any messy toasts. Ren Qiao'an hadn't eaten here in a while, and he found the food delicious, the drinks fragrant, and, apart from the noisy surroundings, it was a wonderful dinner experience.
Perhaps because she was too focused on eating and drinking, Ren Qiao'an urgently needed to go to the toilet in the second half of dinner because she drank too much soup and drinks.
After draining the fluid comfortably, Ren Qiao'an was just about to open the partition door when he heard two extremely discordant voices chattering outside.
"Tsk, see, Jinxi, a vixen."
"That's right, the boys in our college are so fascinated by her that they are almost drooling."
"I heard he just broke up with Xue Ren from the basketball team. Oh my god, he's already in such a hurry to find another team."
"Hey, didn't you hear how they broke up?"
"I know. I heard from others that Xue Ren had a fight with our captain."
"That's right, Jin Xi and our captain have a unclear relationship. She might have cheated on Xue Ren during their relationship, hahaha."
"Haha, don't tell me, if it were me, I wouldn't let go of our captain. Instead, I would fall for Xue Ren. That guy has thick eyebrows and big eyes, but he has a silly and stupid vibe, hahahaha."
"Hahaha, eh, I'm fine now, you should put on some lipstick quickly."
"Yeah, okay, I'll be right there."
...Jin Xi.
Ren Qiao'an hadn't expected to hear gossip while using the restroom, and about the campus beauty... Beautiful, serious, perhaps even aloof, yet kindhearted—this was the impression Jin Xi had left on him during their trip to Foshan. But today, Jin Xi was different. She was stunningly beautiful, equally cheerful and talkative, seemingly more like the rumored campus sensation. Which one was the real her? Ren Qiao'an didn't know, and he didn't need to dwell on it.
The gossiping couple left, and it was time for Ren Qiao'an to leave the restroom. However, when she opened the partition door, a very embarrassing scene occurred. The door across from her opened almost at the same time, and Ren Qiao'an stared blankly at the person who had been gossiped about a few minutes ago, the person she had eaten the melon about, suddenly appeared in front of her.
Haha…haha, this is so embarrassing!
"What a coincidence!" Ren Qiao'an forced out a few words. The women's restroom was indeed a mysterious place. You couldn't easily say bad things about others in the restroom, and you couldn't easily eat melons in the restroom. You never knew who was squatting in the restroom, and suddenly they would appear. It was just like this.
“…Heh.” Jin Xi did not try to resolve the awkward situation with a “friendly” greeting like Ren Qiao’an did, but only gave Ren Qiao’an a cold look.
"..." Haha, Ren Qiao'an was left alone in the awkward position. Ren Qiao'an saw surprise in Jin Xi's eyes, but it was fleeting and soon drowned by another emotion.
A cold, disgusted expression, an expression that Ren Qiaoyan had never seen before.
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